Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interview with Robert McChesney, "State of the media" -- Alessandra Renzi, University of Toronto, "The space of tactical media" -- Jodi Dean, "Communicative capitalism : circulation and the foreclosure of politics" -- Interview with Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam) -- Ron Deibert, "Black code : censorship, surveillance, and the militarization of cyberspace" -- Susan Moeller, "Media and democracy" -- Interview with Amy Goodman, Democracynow! (with Megan Boler) -- Chris Atton, "Alternative media theory in practice" -- Interview with Deepa Fernandes, WBAI New York Pacifica Radio (with Andrea Schmidt) -- Axel Bruns, "Gatewatching, gatecrashing : futures for tactical news media " -- D. Travers Scott, "Tempests of the blogosphere : presidential campaign stories that failed to ignite mainstream media" -- Interview with Hassan Ibrahim, Al Jazeera (with Megan Boler and Nathalie Magnan) -- Aliaa Dakroury, Al Jazeera and the right to communicate -- Interview with Shaina Anand (Khirkeeyaan and WI City TV, Bangalore) (with Alessandra Renzi and Megan Boler) -- Ricardo Rosas, "The gambiarra" -- Trebor Scholz, "Sociable media for social change?" -- Graham Meikle, "Whacking Bush : tactical media as play" -- Megan Boler, "The will to truth : satire, dissent and Jon Stewart as the court jester of failing media" -- Rebecca Statzel, "cybersupremacy: the new face and form of white supremacist activism" -- Concluding interview and commentary / Brian Holmes.